decussate in English
adjective
1
shaped like an X.
verb
1
(of two or more things) cross or intersect each other to form an X.
the fibers decussate in the collar
adjective
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1. The cones are 8–40 mm long, globose or ovoid with four to 14 scales arranged in opposite decussate pairs; they are mature in 18–24 months from pollination.
2. Ovules solitary or occasionally paired in the axils of bracts on short Branchlets or stalks which themselves are axillary on the first-, second- or occasionally third-year Branchlet, sessile, subtending scales about 12-20, decussate, ovate to flabellate, concave, membranous, often rugose, nearly enclosed at maturity by the aril; arils open at